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IWD Director Beth Townsend speaks at a workforce roundtable held last week at DMACC in Ankeny. Photo submitted by Iowa Workforce Development Getting Iowan

IWD Director Beth Townsend speaks at a workforce roundtable held last week at DMACC in Ankeny. Photo submitted by Iowa Workforce Development Getting Iowan

Placemaking. Innovation and creativity. And addressing issues that directly affect the state’s workforce and its ability to attract and retain top talent

Businesses need to reach out more regularly to high school students to encourage them to train for skilled jobs, a leader said Wednesday.

The colleges new renewable energy technology programs are accepting student applications for fall. Author: Renae Whissel Updated: 6:32 PM CDT June 30, 2021 ANKENY, Iowa — DMACC officials revealed a new energy park at the Ankeny campus Wednesday. The energy park complements the colleges renewable energy and wind turbine technology programs and will allow students to get hands-on experience with wind turbines and solar energy systems. The latest addition to the e...

Denson: DMACC ransomware response ‘like hand-to-hand combat’ Wednesday, June 16, 2021 3:21 PM When the network alarms tipped off staff in the late hours between June 1 and 2 at Des Moines Area Community College, the information technology department’s quick actions might have prevented an overseas ransomware attack from diving any deeper into the network servers. “When we talked to the FBI, they said it was pretty much like hand-to-hand combat,” DMACC...

Des Moines Area Community College is still recovering from a "security incident" discovered last week. “We have experienced a security incident which required us to shut down parts of our network until the situation is assessed and we remediate the issue,” the college said in a statement posted on Facebook June 4. Fully online classes were first canceled June 3 and have not

In-person classes are back in session for students, but the network remains down one week after Des Moines Area Community College identified a cybersecurity thr

The FBI is now working with Iowa's Des Moines Area Community College on a data security breach that has led to days of the school being shut down. The

Online courses will remain canceled due to limitations that remain after DMACC shut down parts of its network in response to the incident last week.